Wano Republic

Over the following month, the changes in Wano Country grew increasingly intense, as if they had completely spiraled out of control in Yamato's hands.

Rumors and news of the various changes in Wano Country gradually began to spread across the seas.

However, after the influence of certain invisible forces of public opinion, the changes in Wano Country gradually came to seem less abrupt to the people of the world and instead appeared extraordinarily reasonable.

After all, Yamato's strength and appearance were indeed exceptional. She had even borne the title of "Shichibukai" and fought Dragon several times. But Yamato was only in her early twenties and lacked the finesse to control a massive country. It was only natural that she would be unable to fully take control of Wano Country.

Thus, with the apparent chaos in Wano Country, Yamato's incompetence, and the vast wealth of resources it possessed—especially since Wano Country was the source of the precious Seastone—

it was only natural that quite a few pirates in the waters of the New World, like hyenas, would catch the scent of easy prey and swarm toward Wano Country.

To the pirates of the New World, the title of "Shichibukai" alone was not enough to completely intimidate them.

For a time, in the eyes of the World Government, large numbers of pirates began appearing in Wano Country one after another. Yamato could only lead the samurai in constantly rushing along Wano Country's vast coastline, causing her control over the country to deteriorate even further.

This also caused the World Government's wariness toward Wano Country to decline further. Not only did it have no intention of interfering in Wano Country's situation, it even seemed somewhat pleased to see things unfold this way.

As far as the World Government was concerned, it did not